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. (lit VOLUME XXXI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1841. NUMBER 40. PUBL1HHED bv CHARLES SCOTT. Tioieta week during the Sutton of the Legit Inture, and Weekly the remainder of the year. At three Dollnn a yoor, Invariably In advance. Office on corner of High and Town streets, Butties' Buildings. COLUB1BUS: MONDAY, MARCH , 1811. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Saturday, March 6. The question of adjournment has been before both branches, to-day. In the House, a resolution to adjourn on the 2lllli inst., was adopted. The Senate postponed the resolution indefinitely. Nothing of very great public importance has taken place in either house, although both have despatched a large amount of local business. THE CATASTROPHE. The Van Ilurcn Federal Administration is no more. Now comes the dcvolopement of frauds, peculations, defalcations and deficits the blunders and crimes accumulated during a long course of unrestrained mal-cotidiict and misgovernincnt. Hitherto the satellites and instruments of the fallen dynasty have been able to conceal their depredations upon the public purse from the public eye, and a venal majority in Congress, obtained by violence and usurpation, has screened all faults and offences alike from question or investigation. But the veil is about to be rent, and the secret history of tlio corruptions and villanies which have defiled the temple of American liberty for four years past, will be brought to light, and exposed to the reprehension of all who love their country, and who rest their hopes of the permanency of our free institutions upon the practice of the simple virtues of our forefathers. Among the earliest appointments made by Mr. Van Huron, on his accession to the Presidency, was that of Jesse Hoyt to be Collector oi the port of New York. Hoyt had been a notorious stock gambler, and was a bankrupt. He was scarcely responsible for a suit of apparel. Hut ho was just the man whom Mr. Van Durcn wanted to marshal the floating legions of the great commercial mart, on an election day, and to him was entrusted the collection of millions of the public revenue. We well recollect the murmur of surprise and dissatisfaction which ran through the city, when lus appointment was announced. Had the selection been made with reference to any other object than that just named, it was even then justly conceived, as the event has proved, that it could only have contemplated the furnishing of the parallel to the infamous course of his "illustrious predecessor." The anticipations and predictions expressed at the time, are now about to be realized. History is about to take the place of prophecy. The New York papers have been speaking, in hints and broken whispers, for several weeks, of troubles and disputes in the Custom House. It was rumored that Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Woodbury were at variance. Day by day, the reports and insinuations passing from mouth to mouth, assumed a more authentic shape, until at length the fact is publicly proclaimed that Mr. Hoyt is a defaulter! He has resigned his office, refusing to account for two hundred thousand dollars of the public money, and the last intelligence from Washing ton gives the name ol John I. Morgan, as a tcm pornry occupant of the vacant place. Mr. Hoyt, we believe, does not confess him' self to be a drfauller, in the strict sense of the word, which has grown so odious within a few years. He has only appropriated this immense amount to himself, instead of paying it into the Treasury. It is to be retained under various pre' tenccs and fictitious claims, equally un precedent' ed and indcfonsible. We disdain the application of terms used to conceal a crime, and to palliate the violation of the laws. Ho is a defaulter, within any honest meaning of the language We entertain not a doubt that the money was snuan dcrcd last year in tlio useless, but not less wick ed, ellorts to sustain Mr. Van Uuren s Administra tion against the will of the peoplo, and that tlio pretexts for withholding it from the Government, nave been trumped up Tor tlio occasion, to mis lead the public mind as to tlio atrocious purposes to wlucn it was applied, and to soltcn the cliarap.' tcr of what must eventually prove at least a sheer dolalcation, il not an unexampled piece of villa' nv. Swartwoul'i o-amo has ripen nlavotl out in j - - o - I ------ all respects, except tho old fnshioned boldness of open and prolessed robbery. I he 1 ressury and the peoplo are equally plundered and wronged though ono ollendcr stole without calling his de predations by any other name, and lied to a foreign land to escape punishment, whilst tlio other allects to have kept willun the constructive mean' ing of laws now for tho first tiino wrested from their original design of protecting the public inter est. Hut the American people may credit this loss to the first fruits of the "second declaration of Independence." Happy may they bo if it should chance to prove the last of which we have no liopo or expectation. SLANDERS UPON THE CLERGY! Tho Statesman and its echoes ate much in the habit of speaking in disrespectful and slanderous terms of ministers of the gospel, who aro bespat tered with the filth in which theso disciples of "equal W rights, (1-anny and Nlas) have a peculiar propensity to wallow. General allegations are thrown out, that they havo participated in "hard cider orgies" and "coon-skin revelries," have stooped from their high callings to mingle in politics, and havo stepped nsido from their up prnpriutc spheres to intcrmeddlo with concerns in which they had no interest. I his sort of sung ivhaniring is as disgraceful as wo presume it to be falso. It originates in that spirit of hostility to religion itself, which so often attempts to chock its influence and oppose its precepts by resorting to unfounded attacks upon its teachers and followers. It is the same spirit of "frce-thiukiiiff " which has resisted the pnssngo of tho bill to protect cauip-nieotings, so long, in the Senate, and which still threatens to deleat it altogether. This disposition to brow-beat and villify the clergy is not confined lo the I.ocol'oco newspapers, but has spread to the partizans of tho late Administration in the Legislature. In a debato which arose in tho House on Friday, on tho resolution to print extra copies of tho Report on Common Schools, tho speakers for the minority indulged in a good deal of this sort of crimination. Mr. liroiigh asked "how could ministers of the gospel beconio partizans descend into the arena of politics and dabble their sacred robes in the filth and fulsomcness of parly strife How could they attend the coon-skin and hard cider de baucheries ot the late season, iie., Sic. Mr ...... ...,c ruaii, otu., m. ir. McAnncly went still further, if it wore possible, and exhibited more coarseness and ribaldry than his file-leader. He is reported in the Statesman as using the following language: "Mr. McAnem.y had been diverted, if not disgusted, at the efforts made by certain gentlemen, Messrs. Perkins, Young and Griswold, lo draw a parallel between the course of the prieaihnod in the late electioneering struggle, and the Ministers of the Gospel, of the revolution. The means then employed, by these good men, (said Mr. McA.) were none other than sol-en,n prayers to Almighty Uud ; while ths means used by ths degenerate priests of this day, to effect revolutions, sre sucking hard cider, and feasting their eyes upon coon-skins and skunk-skins. The means used by the one were moral, while those used by the other were brutal ; and this was the difference." 13 This is absolutely disgraceful. We are sure the good sense of the community will frown down every effort of this character to villify and throw contempt upon the ministers of religion, as alike unfounded and unwarrantable. It docs not come within the line of honorable party warfare, and they who are guilty of such unmanly assaults ud-on n sacred profession, show as much cowardice as vulgarity. EXHIBITION OF THE BLIND. There was an interesting exhibition of the pupils of tho Institution for the Blind, in the hall of the House of Representatives, on Friday evo-ning, in the presence of a large assembly of members of the Legislature, strangers and citizens. We were not present during the fore part of the evening, but witnessed some of the examinations in music and geography, at a later hour, which showed a gratilying degree of proficiency on the part of the inmates of this noble charity. The pupils have formed a band of instrumental performers, and a choir of singers, and both played and sung a variety of pieces with surprising skill and ell'ect. A number of articles of the manufacture of the Institute, such as shoes, baskets, a'ld triokcts of diiferent sorts, were exhibited, which evinced much ingenuity. One of the boys, a lad of eight or ten years of age, read the Testament, (of course, in the raised characters, in which the blind uro taught,) with as much case and fluency as though ho hnd always enjoyed the possession of tho sense of sight. Wo aro suro that every person present must havo fell touched by the spectacle, and at tho same tiino gratified with the evidenco that tho benevolent provisions of the State had been made the means of alleviating one of the most torriblo afflictions that can befal tho human race. CO M M V NIC ATI O N H. To the Editor of the Stale Journal i Sir : I request you to republish In the "Journal," the communication from myself, which appeared in lha "Statesman" of ths 1st March, with such corrections as ars noted in the margin of Ilia copy here- ith handed you. I take this opportunity to say, (in reference lo cer tain editorial remarks on the subject in the Statesman,) thai the statements of what Mr. Hatch said in conversation with a citizen of Ilnrmar and a citizen of Marietta, are sustained by letters from those gentle men now in my possession, from which the extracts in my piece, appearing as such, were made; and that the character snd good standing of each, for integrity and veracity, ars not exceeded by those of any gentlemen in ths State. AKIUS IN YE. March 3, 1811. To the Publishers of the " Ohio Statesman" Your paper of the lOlh instant contains an article headed "Mr. Nye Bank Commissioners' Office, Feb. 9th, 1811" and sinned "Win. 8. Hatch, Bank Commissioner;" in which Mr. Hatch refers to a remark of mine, ss reported in the Stale Journal, lo the effect "that a certain member of the late Hoard of Uank Commissioners had, in his town, (Marietta,) last summer, admitted that ths Uank Commissioner ait had had a mischievous effect," ke, complains that having been called upon by ths Commissioner referred to, 1 had either neglected or refused to correct my remarks as published; and concluded in these terms: "Il has become necessary for me to slate to ths public, thai Inert ti fin truth whatever in the remarks or antrliont of Mr, Aye upon the subject.." That your readers may see whether there is any "truth whatever" in my "remarks or assertions upon the suliject," or whether llie assertion of Mr. "Hank Commissioner" Hatch is not, substantially, a denial of the truth, I ask you, as an act of the plainest justice lo publish in your paper the following statement, which 1 should have msde sooner had ths slate of my health and engagements permitted. I premise, firstly, t pari of Ihe correspondence between Mr. Hatch snd myself on the subject. On the 4ih instant Mr. Hatch sent mo a nole, in which, after referring to lha report in the Slate Jour nal, of some romsrks or nuns In Ihe discussion or a question on the bank bill in ths House, snd quoting therelrom the remark above cited and complained of by him, he says: "My ohjecl in addressing this note lo you is, 1st, lo ascertain whether your remarks have been correctly repotted; 3d, if such bs the case, lo inquire of you whether, in making them, you alluded lo ine; 3d, in onse ynu did so, lu deny Ihe truth of them, and state thai they are unbounded In Tact; call, ing upon you at Ihe same time lo cause such correC' lions lo be made through the columns of llin same paper wherein Ihey are published, as ths matter ev. denlly requires." To which note I, on ths Slh, re turned ths following reply: " Columbus, Feb, Slh, 1811. " W. S. Hatch Esq Sir: I havo received your note of ths 4ih instant, " Ths sketch of my remarks, as published in lha "Journal, lo which you reler, does nut give, nor profess to givs, Ihe exact words employed by me, (eX' cepl in one particular, to which you do not lake el ception;) but ths substance, lh sum of llieni: in Mai, as to lo Ihe part to which you lake exeepiion, il is substantially correct. 1 did allude to you, though I did not use your name. As no wrong is imputed loyou I do o..l see why you should lake exception: ynni two Isle reporis amount, in effect, to so admission of whal 1 stan d yog had said: I did nut profess or pretend lo give the words used bv Tou in respect lo the operation of Ilia Uank Commissioner act, (law I r.snnol call it it,) upon the banks; in compelling or requiring the pay ment or specie under the circumstances in winch Ihey were placed; I gave only what I understood lo be lha sum of them. 'Jncrcin muy have misunderstood my informants: or Ihey may lime misunderstood you; but 1 was not, at ths time you was in Malleus, and al ter, without information of remarks made by ynu un the subject; and which 1 understood lo ..mount to what 1 stilled. 1 think 1 was not mistaken in my Inturmr lion, substantially, When, however, 1 shall ascertained, if I shall be, thai I was In error In any res peel, I shall be resdy lo correct lueh error. Your si Union lu "the Sisiesmsn" was given nearly in your own words, though s lulls snltcned. Your obsdienl serv'l. ARIL'S NYE." A day or two after I received another note from Mr. Hatch; in which hs said that Ihs reply In his flrsl was not "satisfactory" lohiin. I did not think il necessary lo Ink any notice of it. The evening, I think, after Mr. Hatch had lell this rlty, his silicic, above referred to, appeared in " Ihe nialesman, with all the formal tv of an official annnouncemenl flo give it the grav wfyind weight, 1 supposo, Which otherwise, It mlgiu I not have possessed) from tht " Bjuik Commission ity snd weight, I supposo, which otherwise, Il might ers' Office "I as if the assumedly official denial of a fact would make it any ths less true. 1 acknowledge the highest obligations to truth on II occasions: I obey a higher law, in that regard, than e opinions of men: Ihe complaints or the restiveness ' Mr. "Uank Commissioner" Hatch could neither ild to nor diminish my sense of duty to its demand: is my purpose and my wont lo do justice lo all per- nns, as far as. I am able; and lo extend to and recip rocate couriesy with all whose conduct snd character, according to tho acknowledged laws of social life and duty, place or retain them within its pale. 1 wish and purpose to do juitice, in these respects to Mr, W. S. naicn. To the facts then. The first knowledge I had of r. II. 'a being in Marietta, last summer, (when he came to inspect the Bank of Marietta,) was derived lorn a gentleman ot Pittsburgh, who called at my (lice on business, and who in a convsrsaiion on Ihe slate of money affairs in Ohio, staled also a conversa tion with Mr. Hatch at the tavern, or observations mads by Ihe latter in his hearing, there, upon the comliiion of the Ohio Danks, under the circumstances which they were placed, and the operations of the auk Commissioner act; and who, upon my intima ting some surprise, that declarations and admissions uch as he stated to have been made, should eome from that quarter, summed up the impression thereby, as he said, made upon his mind by saying " 1 believe from what he (Mr. II.) said, thai, if he hail the power wouia repeal lite law meaning ths Uank uom- issioner act. Again: Mr. Hatch had, with another gentleman of armar, of high personal standing and unquestion able veracity, a conversation upon Ihe same "subject," whose recollections of which 1 here give in his own ords: "1 had some conversation with Air. Hatch, in is place ( Mannar,) last spring, or summer, (I do not recollect exactly the lime, but it was when be was hers on his annual visit of anamination at the nnk of Marietta,) in regard to Ihe banks. .Shortly 'fore this time, en estimate had been paid out on the Muskingum River Improvement, chiefly in notes of Ihe Commercial Uank of Cincinnati. Mr. Hatch informed me thai this bank had taken $200,000 of ihe osn, then recently negotiated by Ihs Stale in Phila- Iphia lunds, at 2 per cent, premium, lo nytn- uiry how the bank could pay such a premium for Philadelphia funds and pay specie fur its notes, Mr. Hatch replied, that the bank had suspended specie payments, and that hs had given it (ihe Commercial Dank,) and, as i understood, the other Cincinnati tanks, lo understand that it Ihey would pay such pecie for their notes as was needed for change, and actual business purposes, and reuse the brukers and speculators, and those who were exporting specie to other Stales, he would not proceed against llitm as Bank ommissioner." tin went on further to remark, thai e situation of our Ohio banks was an unfortunals ons ; and that ths elleot of their continuing to pay specie, while Pennsylvania had legalized a suspension until Ihs 15th of January, and the other Slates were in a state of suspension, was lo drain the specie from our own Slate for ths benefit of other Stales which were In a slate of suspension. To my remark that I was sick and tired of ihe so called "Hank Reform," and that I believed it was, on Ihs part of lha leaders, intended merely for effect that il was all umhuggery, Mr. Hatch said, jocosely, that "he had told Medary last winter, that if he were deprived of Ihe use of three woids, hs thought he (Medary,) would bs obliged to stop Ihe publication of the States man." The words, Mr. Hatch said, were, "bloated ANK AR18T0CRACV." Moreover, Mr. Hatch, about the same time, had a eon' versalion with another gentleman of Marietta, in thai town, also of high standing and character, who says "rrom Ihs conversstion I had with Air. Hatch, list summer, I received Ihe impression, clearly, that he did nut approve all the doinga of ths Legislature of nst winter and the winter before, in regard to Ihe anks. I recollect that hs said, if the banks complied 'ullv with the laws thru would suffer severelu. and the State would thereby be greatly injured, and that the Hank of Marietta ought not to pay specie to go out of me mate i snd that wa should pay lo our citizens only mall sums for change. 1 recollect thai hs talked very much like a sensible man on the subject, and that his opinion and mine did not differ very much ; nd my opinion was, and is, that mora was done for effect than for public good. I hese conversations, were, I am intormed by Ihe gentleman referred to, and with whom ihey were had, ralher private, though not confidential : 1 should mil Kublish thfstateinenta of ihsm here, had not Mr. Hatch imself imposed upon me the necessity of doing so, by volunteering a denial of what is the evident meaning and clear result of what hs said ; and thereby rendering it necessary for me to give ihs truth on "ihs ubject," II ii I there is no occasion for any fastidious. ess In the matter l no wrong, I repeat, was in the remarks made by me, imputed to Mr. Hatch; unless Ihe statement of an admission by him of Ihe truth was an imputation of wrong .' For who, now, with the facta of ths two past years staring hitn in Ihs facs, and who has sny acquaintance with Ihe history of our currency, and of buWic sentiment oil the subject, real ly doubts " that ths Bank Commissioner act had had mischievous and Injurious rllectl" It any one oes so doubt, let Mr. " Bank Commissioner" Hatch resolve his doubts. In whal is called Ihe " second annual report of Ihs Bank Commissionsrs of Ohio. dated Dee. SO, 1840, signed "Win. S. Hatch, Khar W. Hubbard," Ac, there are, among other sayings, the following: "One of ths difficulties, snd perhaps the principal ons, wilh which the Ohio Banks have had to contend In maintaining specie payments, arises from Ihs general suspension of banks in Ihs adjoining Slates, and in fact lha entire weal. The central position of our Stale, the facilities which ths Lskes and Ihe Ohio river sfford to business men lo tramport spe cie to distant piinls, and the fact that many of the banks eonlinued and still oontinue to redeem Iheir notes n gold and silver, Afire rendered Ohio the common plunder ground fur those who were purchasing specie, . .-t.: II....: . i .1 . i'. ...... l-L. .-I u, man nig cuiiruumio in uia wraieiil .iinira. tin iur lectors fur eastern merchants, and a class of men, who may bs denominated dealers in currency would exchange lha irredeemable paper of oilier Slates, for the notes of specie-paying bsnks In this, farced, It might have been said, by ths legislation of the two preceding sessions to continue Ihs payment of specie, lo be thus exported from Ihs Slate,! which created a constant demand for specie, or eastern exchange, at such rales as would bs equivalent to It. ith the exeepiion of Ohio, the banks west and south of New York have been in a slate of auspenston fur Ihe last fourteen months, 'this fatal policy, of thus, il might nave neen said, making "umo ine common piunuer ground" by our own destructive lcgislstion, com mencing in I'll il d a. . created a general panic at Ihe west," ke. " We are assured that Ihe banks of oilier States, while refusing to redeem their own notes In gold and silver, hare not only Indirectly, but direct' ly drawn specie from the hanks of this Sltta, refusing at ths same lime to receive their own Holes In ex change I" What, I ask, compelled lha banks In submit thus. in ihs language of lha " Bank Commissioners," lo he the common pluruler around, but that ver "Bank ('ommissioner art," which these "commis sioners," in Ihs very face of its requisitions, deemed il necessary and consistent with their duly to suspend! r urihermore, these same gentlemen, In Iheir " special report" to the Senate, Jan. .1, 1811, refer to their former report, quoted above, for their reasons, iliey hsd not proceeded, under thai act, sgainst iliose Banks which, as they say, had suspended. So we aes ihe " Uank Commissioners suspending (very properly ths provisions or operation ol the very le glslsiion which created their body, and enjoined among other things, ths enforcement of specie pay menta under eireumslncces, thus Imposed, which mad Ohio and the Ohio banks "Ihe common pluml ground" of others; and diieiltd them and the people Vhinot the only Instrument of self-defence ur prute lion against this lawful plunder!" Verily, if M " Bank Commissioner" Hatch hsd not acted thus dis- erectly lo slou (Ae effects of Ihe "Hank Commission' er act," and written Inns "officially," hluntly a plainly on " Ihe subject," it might have been sai l, a oertatn French minister ones (many years since wrot of an Amsiican bscrstai " that he had a language official and a language connaentiai." ARHIS NYE. Neil House, Feb. 20. House or Representatives, Saturday morning, March 6. To the Editor of Ihe Ohio State Journal r Sin I discover that your Reporter has put lha fol- owing language into my mouth, us having been ut tered in debate yeelerdny ; "Mr. liroiigh replied at some length. He said that the miniiters of the gospel hud, during the lale political comcti, acuenaea from laeir stations ana become political parluant. They had left the sacred desk and polluted icir ruliti in Ihe sty of politicalfilth and corruption." Now, sir, your reporter has committed a palpable error in this manor, to say the least of it, and has done me cross injustice, which 1 auk you lo correct. l understood Messrs. 1'erkins and Young, both, stincily lo admit, that many preachers had gone initio late political contest, and exerted their influence and talents, which they justified, and contended that in so doing, they had not neglected Iheir flocks. PJIn reply to those gentlemen, I expressly said, that ineir admissions related, juttly, to but a portion ol Ihe ministry. I conceded Ihe riA( of ministers lo act pout. cully with as much freedom as other citizens; but I contended that il was morally impossible thev could have acted as political parlizans, or, as your eporier lias it, "lell tne sacred desk, and polluted isir robes in the slva of political filth and cor run- on," without neglecting their flocks, and encounter ing prejudices ami ill-feelings destructive to their in- ueuce as preachers or the Uospel. I his was the ubstance of the remarks I made upon the matter; and by the way, although Ihey were a very small por tion oi a speecn or some lengin, mat small portion is il your Kuporter has thought proper to notice, and as noticed it (so It would seem,) only to place me i a wrong position. Finding my recollection of the mailer corroborated by several members, I have Ihe more confidence in asking lbs publication of Ibis note. Kespecifully, etc. C. H. BROUGH. Naturalization and the Right of Suffrage. A case as been recently decided in the Supreme Court of II-noia involving the right of foreigners lo vols without being naturalized. The case came up by appeal from one of tho inferior courts of the State, and il waa decided that such right does exist in Illinois. Three of the Judges, however, concurred in this decision only to lar as ins siatutes or the Mats were concerned, without expressing an opinion upon the question as it would stand under lha Constitution of the United States. The other Judgs went to Ihe whole length of e principle. The result of the decision was, 111 it e judgment of the lower Court wss reversed. Our readers will recollect that the constitutional question involved in this subject gave rise to some discussion, incidentally, not long since, between Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, and Mr. Wright, of New York, in tne senate ol the United Mates. 1 he following extract from Mr. Clav's remarks on that occasion comes in appropriately here. Il ex presses, ws helleve, what will bs generally admitted ss Ihe true constitutional view of the point in question:"Before, however, I proceed to examine lis provi sions, allow me in passing, to notics a most novel and surprising doelrine, advanced yesterday by the Senator from New York, Mr. Wrighl; not thai I purpose lo discuss, at this lime, ihe position he assumed, but thai I may hers enter my public protest sgainst it, Isst, should I remain silenl, it might be thought by any thai I yield my assent lo il. The Senator's posi tion Is, mat It la competent to a Mate, under Ihs Constitution, to admit an unnaturalized foreigner lo vols in our elections. 1 wage no war egdin-il foreigners. respect them when their character entitles them to respect. I well know, especially, the value of ths German yeomanry a better set of husbandmen does not exist on Ihe face of Iheesrth honest, industrious. economical, admirable Judges of Ihe soil, ihs best judges of land in all the country, devotedly attached to their lainiltes that is the character of our t.eiman population, as I have become acquainted with it in my own immediate neighborhood. I will not now slop lo speak of Ihe character of ths gallant Irish, whose virtues, and I will add, Whose defects of character (ihs virtues far overbalancing the defects,) are so well known throughout the world. I am not ihe enemy of foreigners; but the opinion expressed by the honorable Senator from New York is ons of immense practical importance ; for, if 1 am not greatly misinformed, President Van Uuren owos the vols of ons Stats of this confederacy, I mean Ihs Slats of Illinois, lo lha fact of unnaturalized foreigners voting in our late elec tion, and casting their votes for him. I will not, however, emsr on thai subject, and I have adverted In il now, merely lhat no conclusion may be drawn from my silencs that I approve or tolerate the doctrine advanced by the Senator from New lots. I here publicly expresa an opinion decidedly opposite. 1 think thai Ihe exercise of ihe cicelies franchise always implieselireruAin, though citizenship docs not Imply ths right lo the exercise or ihe elective franchise. I hold that a voter, whose voice may affect or change ths entire policy of Ihs country, may alter or subvert Ihs Constitution and laws of ihecnun- ry, is a component pari of ihs political power of ths country. I hold lhat Ihs power over the subject of naturalisation haa been confided by the Constitution, exclusively, to ths (ieneral (iovernmenl, and lhat no Slate can constitutionally exercisa that power, and lhat, therefore, no Stale can Confer those privileges snd immunities, or grant those rights which proceed from naturalization. This is my opinion, and I ad vance it here merely as a counter-pnijcl to thai expressed by ths Senator from New York. When a foreigner haa ones been naturalized, 1 regard him as a brothit, ss a memoer ol our political community, and as entitled, with some few constitutional exceptions, lo all Ihe right of native born citizens, and lo ths pro lection and defence of Ihs country," From tlia Lsilnglos Otweiver snd Reporter. ty We would direct the sllemion of Medical men and of Editors, lo the advertisement of ihe Hoard of Trustees of 1 ranaylvania University, contained in our present number. The plan adopted by Ihe Chairman, lo acquire information, haa been approved by experi ence in Kngland, as Well as in this country, and sp- pears iu ui peculiarly inruTauin iu inn niiiiiiiuuni or Ihe object desired, viz: lhat of supplying Ihe vacancy in our flourishing Medical school, with the highest order of Medical laleuia in Ihs country. t- Ll .1 ..A. ADVERTISEMENT. TO TUB MKnil'AI, rtlDI.IC. Til K Chair nl His Tliroty ami I'r .rUrs of Mealrlne In His Mftlkcsl Ife-parlnirnt nt llie Trsn.) Irsnla I'nli ersllr. Is it prnt vnrant, sail Willi s flew In AM tl In tlio tvst hm.iIIs manner, sh pltraitnns mr llie aptmliiimfnl sre Invites from lite memliers of Hit Mt-dkal pniah,n Tne runinitiittrattiiits on Ilia suiarrl must lio siIiummiI to the flfSN at Ik .V'sVsl farnll 7VHilli-iii ViirtrMtt. alnt emit 10 lisnil hslnre tlte 1st or June itril, wlien the aiilti. ntrnl wttl he mile. 'rite nsint or nouns t.nt ilio stirrl'ull can-dulal will bo md pnhlie. M. U. Jltll.NXOM, Cq.r Br4 Trmltte ressiyteosio ItNirsrsils. From tho rttntirtei.vitls HerSi1. 7WruAi'D Eltctions.ll appears obvious, that the Lokies are about making a dash al the Democracy, at Ihe coming spring elections, wherever Ihey think Ihey may have a chance of success or find Ihe Democracy sleeping. They warn lo carry a few townships in this way, and then ruiss s noise about reactions in Iheir favor. Ws have allwaya been opposed to carrying politics into our township elections but if the Federalists will hsvs il so, they must be met. Ws do not see any thing that has occurred, of late days, lo csuss Ihe people to fall in line wilh ihuie whom they have deliberately rejected from Iheir councils snd Iheir confidence, or wilh IS) cents s day for laher and ID cents a bushel for wheal, larga standing armies in lims of pesce, and the like, I,t ihs Democracy bs ice (many years since,) on the alert, Ouo drubbing will not satisfy Ihs Fed-ry of Stats, of lhat day statists. S OHIO LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Satusdat, March 7, 1841, The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Petitions were presented by Messrs. Henderson sod Hunt, and referred. Mr. Scott reported back the bill to lay out a Stale road in Madison, Fayette and Pickaway coumies, and recommended its indefinite postponement; which was agreed to. Mr. Thomas mads a report on Ihs petitions in relation to certain lands belonging lo the Miami University, and recommended the indefinite postponement of the subject; which was agreed to, and Ihe report laid on Ihe table in order lo be primed. Mr. Spangler, from the committee on Finance, reported back the bill to regulate Ihe fees of presiding Associate Judges in the county of Cuyahoga, with sundry amendments; and after some remarks, Mr. Lord moved lo recommit Ihs bill to a select committee of one. Mr. Spangler opposed ths motion to recommit, and Mr. Bissel oalled for the yeas and nays on the question; snd Ihe bill was reoommitled yeas 15, naya 14. Mr. Hough, from Ihs committee on Schools and School Lands, reported back ihe bill to authorize Ihe sale of school section 1G, in Washington township, Maiiun county, with one amendment; and the bill was ordered lo a third reading. Mr. Bissel, from the committee on the Judicisry, made sn unfavorable report on certain petitions for Ihe passage of a law in relation to pedlars; and lha committee was discharged from ths further consideration of the subject. The bill providing for Ihe relief of Stephen D. Cutler and others, was read a Ihird time, nod lite bill was recommitted to Ihe committee on Roads and Highways, Also, ihs bill to incorporate the town of r letcher, in the couniy of Miami; passed. Also, ihs hill to incorporate Ihe Lower Sandusky Literary and Scientific institute. Also, Ihe hill In amend the several acts incorporating Mutual Fire Insurance Com panies. A resolution wss received from Ihs House, providing for Ihe settlement of ths claims of Rufus Bixby, fur work dune on iho national road. Mr. Spangler objected lo the resolution. Mr. Green moved its recommitment to the eommit-ment on Claims, After some remarks, Mr. Spangler moved to postpone Ihe resolution indefinitely, Some further conrersaiion took place between Messrs. Green, Spangler and Thomas; and Ihe resolution was recommitted to ihe committee on Claims. Mr. Thomas offered a resolution requiring the committee on Finance lo report what further legislation is necessary on the claims of Thomas VVorlhinglon. Mr. Harris moved to lake up ihe report in relation lo the couniy of Kendall; and the subject was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Taylor offered s resolution directing the Judiciary commutes to bring in a hill to provide against Ihe collection of debts during Ihs suspension of specie payments by llie banks; and the yeas and nays being ordered, were yeas 11, naya 18; so the resolution was lost. On motion of Mr. Goodin, the Senals resolved itself into committee of Ihs whole, Mr. Carpenter in Ihe chair, and considered a number of private bills, which were reported back, and recommitted lo appropriate committees. Tin) Senate look up the report of ths Judiciary committee, recommending the indefinite postponement of ihe bill to repeal ihe act of incorporation of Ihe Theological Seminary of the Proteslaul Episcopal Church of Ihe Sta'eof Ohio. Mr. Leonard addressed the Senate in favor of the repeal of the law, and was followed by Messrs. Spangler, Green, Crnwell, Taylor, Uisael, and Haseliine; after w hich, ihe question was put on Ihe indefinite postponement of the bill, and was lost, yeas 13, nays 18. The question then being on ordering the bill to a third reading, Mr, Spangler moved lo postpone the bill to the first Monday in December next, Mr. Leonard objected, and addressed the Senals against Ihs motion. The yeas and nays were llien called on Mr. Span-gler'a motion to postpone, and the motion wss lost, yeas 15, nays 15. Ths bill was then ordered to a third reading, which wss carried yeas 17. naya 13. On motion of Mr. Goodin, ths Senate again lesul-ved Itself into committee of Ihe whole, and considered sundry bills, among which was Ihs bill In provide fur the Publio Priming; and Ihs sains having been read, Mr. Goodin moved an amendment to ihe bill, which was agreed to, providing lhat it should take effect in 1813. Mr. Hough moved lo strike out Ihs first section of Ihe hill. Before lha question waa taken, Mr. Leonard addressed Ihe Senate in approval of a euggeaiinn made by Mr. Spangler, that the Slats printing might be performed in the Penitentiary. I here waa one practical printer there now, and there were many more who ought, and would probably bs there. Ths Senate was further sddressed by Messrs. Root, Waddle and Haaelline, and ths question was then pni on striking out Ihe first section, and Ihe motion to strike out waa lost. Mr. Haaelline offered an amendment lo the bill, and Mr. Leonard again addressed Ihe Senate in favor of having ths State Prison brought in competition for the State printing. Mr. Henderson having offered to amend the amend ment of Mr. Haaelline, addressed Ihe Senate against Ihe proposition lo make lbs Penitentiary a competitor lor the work, and spoke or Ihe Injurious effects al. resdy felt by lbs mechanics of lbs Stale in conse. quence of ihe labor performed by lhat institution. Mr. Hough was a practical mechanic, and was opposed lo the proposition made by Mr. Leonard. Mr. Spangler addressed the Senate in defence of employing the prisoners in mechanical labor. It was a mere humbug lo say thai Ihe mechanics in the Stale wore injured by Ihe labor ol the convicts. Mr. Henderson ssid, il was not all humbug, as the gentleman Irom rairheld hsd represented, snd stated Ihe various mechanical trades carried on in that inst). tutinn. Mr. II. instanced Ihs depressed slate of cer tain mechanical occupatmna in Ihs city of Columbus, in consequenne of Ihe competition of the Stale Prison. He relerred to Ihe report ol the .Siiierinlentlant of lhat iuaiituiion, and read from that document, ae signed by nsmuel hpangler and others, and snowed Ihey admit' led lhat the employment of ihe eonvtcis did, lo a cer tain degree, Interfere with the free labor of mechauios. Mr. Spangler replied iu defenns of the report, snd In lavor o' ihe coii'icts in the I'eniteniiary being en gaged in mechanical employments. He thought ihe complaints lhat had been mads were without founds lion On motion of Mr. Goodin, the Senate then rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sil again on Ihs bill in relation lo the aisle Printing. 1 he Senate took a recess. 3 o'clock, P. M. The Senate again met A resolution was received from Ihe House, tirovid ing for ihe aHjournineiil of the General Assembly on lbs S'.llh of March. Mr. Hough moved to amend Ihs resolution by strik ing out Ihe ii'.llh," and inserting " ihe iid." Mr. Snanuler called fur a division of the question and Ihs yeas and naya wen then called upon striking out, and carried, yeas 111, naya IJ. The question recurring on filling lha blank wilh " 83d," and Ihs amendment was disagreed lo yeas 14, nays 15. Mr. Thomas moved lo nostpons Ihe resolution In definitely; which was decided in ths affirmative yeas 10, nays 1 J, Mr. Carpenter Introduced a bill providing for th sale of real estate. &0. Mr. Dissul introduced a bill further prescribing lb duties of Secretary of Slats snd Governor. Mr. Taylor offered a resolution providing for th ln corporation of sll laws of Ihe present General Assembly, In Ihs volumes of the Revised Statutes, al present in progress of printing. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee. On motion of Mr. Hough, the Senate took up ths resolution calling upon Ihe Board of Public works for certain information in relation to names and number of ths Engineers, tie. The resolution was indefinitely postponed yeaa 19, naya 11. .. . , ' The Senate took up the resolution directing the Stale Librarian lo report Ihe number of acts of incorporation paased since Ihe establishment of the Slate Government, and fur what purpose, &o.; and On motion, the resolution was again laid upon ths table. The Senate Ihen took up and disposed of aundry resolutions and reports, not of general internal. On motion of Mr. Spangler, Ihe Senate resolved itself into committee tit Ihe whole, Mr. Shannon in the chair, and considered certain bills, which were reported back, Bud recommitted. The Senate again in committee of the whole, Mr. Uisael in the chair, look up Ihe bill lo provide for Ihs Publio Printing. The Chair slated ths question to be on ths amendment offered by Mr. Haaelline, providing thai the printing should be done by " free while male citizens 1" Mr. Haseltine addressed the Senate, and was followed by Mr. Carpenter against the introduction of ihe word "while," which he oonsidered could only have been introduced for the purpose of insulting three thousand blacks in ihe Siale of Ohio. Mr. Haseltine rejoined iu explanation of his amendment, and in reply to some remarks mads by Mr. Carpenter personal lo himself. The committee then rose and made report, and Mr, Taylor moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. Mr. Green called fur the yeaa and nays, and the bill waa indefinitely postponed yeaa 17, nays 13. Mr. Thomas, from the Judiciary committee, report-ed bock the bill in relation to Ihe Muskingum improvement; and, on motion of Mr. Henderson, ihe bill was laid on Ihe table. Mr. Thomas, from Ihe Judiciary committee, snd Mr. Sill, from the committee on Rail Roads, reported bsck bills, the latter a bill fur the relief of Stephen 11. Cut-ler, and others; which was laid on the table. Mr. Taylor gave notice that he wonld on Monday,, or some subsequent day. introduce a bill to suspend ths laws for Ihe collection of debts, during the suspension of specie payments by the Banks. Mr. t nomas innvea t lake up the bill to prevent minoral practices; which waa lost yeas 7, nays 23. Un motion of Mr. I ay I or, Ihe Senate look up llie solution calling upon ihe Guvernur for an authenti cated copy of his Inaugural Address. Mr. Crowell moved the Indefinite postponement of e resolution, which was agreed lo yeas 18, nays thi 10. Mr. Carpenter reported back the bill to appoint trustees of Ihe Miami University, wilh sn amendment, which was agreed lo. Mr, Haseltine moved further lo amend the hill bv liking out the name of John Woods, because, as he id, Mr. Woods was an abolitionist, and inserting e name of Charles K.Smith. Oil this motion, the Senate was addressed bv Messrs. Carpenter, Haseltine, Taylor and Leonard: snd a division of the question being called for, the rtennie agreed to strike out, yeas lrt, nays 10. 1 ne question ihen turning on tilling Ihe blank with Ihe name of Charles K. Smith, il was agreed lo, yeaa 18, nays 10; and the bill was ordered to a third reading. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. STUKDv, March 6, 1811. Ths House met pursuant to adjournment. Petitions, ic. presented. Bv Messrs. Morris and Griswold. Reports of Select Committed. Mr. Marsh reported adversely lo Ihe petition of Alexa-ider Long, of Carroll county, for an slleralion of certain school districts, and the subject was posipoued until ihs first Monday ill I'ecemner next, Mr. Welch offered the following resolution: Risolad bv the Senate and House of Representatives. That both branches of this General Assembly will ad journ, sine die, on Monday, the 33d day of Maroh- 1841. A debate of an hour or two arose on this motion. which we are obliged lo defer. The resolution was mended hy inserting Ihe 29 1 h instead of ihs day above mentioned, h. n il waa finally adopted. Alter some tune apenl In considering bills, which Were referred, lb House then adjourned. 3 o'ciVA-, P. M. The House again met, The bill lo ineorporale the Enon Baptist Church of Cincinnati was taken up, and ihe amendments of Ihs Senate were amended, un motion of Mr. Reeves, and igreed lo as amended. Hills considered in committee of the whole House Bills A hill to incorporate the Trustees of the Pres byterian Church and Congregation of Ulics, Licking county: engrossed. A hill lo change ihe names of undry Individuals called Sheet,, lo Morion: enurnss- ed. A bill lo make special appropriation of Ihe Ihre per cent, lund in r rsnltlm coun y .- engrossed. A bill to amend Ihe acl droning ih dalles ol persona taking up strays, water crafts, &u. iia. : engrossed. A bill to amend ihe act lo incorpnra lha Eaat Fork Road and Bridge Company, in Clermont county: engrossed. A mil to repeat ine several aels Incorporating the town of Chardon, Geauga county : engrossed. A bill lo incorporate the Ohio Coke and Iron Manufacturing Company : engrossed. A bill to incorporate Ihe Utirliugton Academy, in Lawrence county: engrossed. A bill lo incorporate the First Preebyteriso Church of Reynoldahurgh, Franklin courtly : engrossed. A bill to lay out and establish a ended Stale road in the counties of Muskingum and Morgan : engrossed. A bill lo incorporate the town ol Lockburn, franklin county: engrossed. A bill to ineornorsls ihe Mt. Pleasant Silk Company: engrossed. A bill lo amend ihs acl for the inepaciiuuof Sail: engrossed. A bill to ineorporale the Wardens and Veatrymen of Si. Mark's Church, in Sidney, Shelby count-: engrossed. A bill lo chang ths name of John E vans: engrossed A bill lo incorporate Ihe town of Vienna, Clinton county: engrossed. A bill lo amend the sat regulating judgments and executions: engrossed. A hill lo esiahliah a Suie road heretofore laid out in Monro and Guernsey coumies: engrossed. Senate Hills A bill In amend the act providing for the appointment of Board of Bank Coiuniissioiiers, nd lor the regulation ol Ihe Hanks, pss.od fehruary 35,1839: recommitted. A bill tochange Ihe name of Cynthia R. Parnell. Un motion ol air. I. larks, Ihe ennte nil I to amend the acl providing for the erection of a britlgo over Big Indian Creek, in Clermont county, was taken up, and the question being on ordering ihe same to a Ihird reading, wss lost yeaa 91, nays .1l". Un motion of .Mr. miss, the bill for the rebel of Wnis Hamilton ws liken up. The object nf this bill is lo enahle Mr. Hamilton I practise law. He has been a eiliien of Canada, and now resides in Cleveland, hill lina not been a resident ot lha United Slates a sufficient length or lime lo be naturalized Mr. Jenkinv move! lb Indefinite postponement of the bill. Mr. Vincent opposed toe mutton in a speech of some length; when Ihe motion to postpone prevailed yeas SI, nays 13. Un motion ot Air. Weaver, tno oiu to Incorporate ihe town of Western Star, Summit county, was taken up and passed. A message was received from the Senate, elating that lhat body insisted on its amendment lo the bill to incnrporai the town of Western Siar, Summit co. The House receded from iheir disagreement. Mr. Worlhingloii Baked leave of absence fur Ih remainder of the session for Mr. Carothers, uf Fayette county; which was grsnled, Th House adjourned. . . n M.UtKI '.!, In lids clir, on ttts 4th but., by Tlios. Wood, Mr. las Baiaca lo Hies auua lUut.

. (lit VOLUME XXXI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1841. NUMBER 40. PUBL1HHED bv CHARLES SCOTT. Tioieta week during the Sutton of the Legit Inture, and Weekly the remainder of the year. At three Dollnn a yoor, Invariably In advance. Office on corner of High and Town streets, Butties' Buildings. COLUB1BUS: MONDAY, MARCH , 1811. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Saturday, March 6. The question of adjournment has been before both branches, to-day. In the House, a resolution to adjourn on the 2lllli inst., was adopted. The Senate postponed the resolution indefinitely. Nothing of very great public importance has taken place in either house, although both have despatched a large amount of local business. THE CATASTROPHE. The Van Ilurcn Federal Administration is no more. Now comes the dcvolopement of frauds, peculations, defalcations and deficits the blunders and crimes accumulated during a long course of unrestrained mal-cotidiict and misgovernincnt. Hitherto the satellites and instruments of the fallen dynasty have been able to conceal their depredations upon the public purse from the public eye, and a venal majority in Congress, obtained by violence and usurpation, has screened all faults and offences alike from question or investigation. But the veil is about to be rent, and the secret history of tlio corruptions and villanies which have defiled the temple of American liberty for four years past, will be brought to light, and exposed to the reprehension of all who love their country, and who rest their hopes of the permanency of our free institutions upon the practice of the simple virtues of our forefathers. Among the earliest appointments made by Mr. Van Huron, on his accession to the Presidency, was that of Jesse Hoyt to be Collector oi the port of New York. Hoyt had been a notorious stock gambler, and was a bankrupt. He was scarcely responsible for a suit of apparel. Hut ho was just the man whom Mr. Van Durcn wanted to marshal the floating legions of the great commercial mart, on an election day, and to him was entrusted the collection of millions of the public revenue. We well recollect the murmur of surprise and dissatisfaction which ran through the city, when lus appointment was announced. Had the selection been made with reference to any other object than that just named, it was even then justly conceived, as the event has proved, that it could only have contemplated the furnishing of the parallel to the infamous course of his "illustrious predecessor." The anticipations and predictions expressed at the time, are now about to be realized. History is about to take the place of prophecy. The New York papers have been speaking, in hints and broken whispers, for several weeks, of troubles and disputes in the Custom House. It was rumored that Mr. Hoyt and Mr. Woodbury were at variance. Day by day, the reports and insinuations passing from mouth to mouth, assumed a more authentic shape, until at length the fact is publicly proclaimed that Mr. Hoyt is a defaulter! He has resigned his office, refusing to account for two hundred thousand dollars of the public money, and the last intelligence from Washing ton gives the name ol John I. Morgan, as a tcm pornry occupant of the vacant place. Mr. Hoyt, we believe, does not confess him' self to be a drfauller, in the strict sense of the word, which has grown so odious within a few years. He has only appropriated this immense amount to himself, instead of paying it into the Treasury. It is to be retained under various pre' tenccs and fictitious claims, equally un precedent' ed and indcfonsible. We disdain the application of terms used to conceal a crime, and to palliate the violation of the laws. Ho is a defaulter, within any honest meaning of the language We entertain not a doubt that the money was snuan dcrcd last year in tlio useless, but not less wick ed, ellorts to sustain Mr. Van Uuren s Administra tion against the will of the peoplo, and that tlio pretexts for withholding it from the Government, nave been trumped up Tor tlio occasion, to mis lead the public mind as to tlio atrocious purposes to wlucn it was applied, and to soltcn the cliarap.' tcr of what must eventually prove at least a sheer dolalcation, il not an unexampled piece of villa' nv. Swartwoul'i o-amo has ripen nlavotl out in j - - o - I ------ all respects, except tho old fnshioned boldness of open and prolessed robbery. I he 1 ressury and the peoplo are equally plundered and wronged though ono ollendcr stole without calling his de predations by any other name, and lied to a foreign land to escape punishment, whilst tlio other allects to have kept willun the constructive mean' ing of laws now for tho first tiino wrested from their original design of protecting the public inter est. Hut the American people may credit this loss to the first fruits of the "second declaration of Independence." Happy may they bo if it should chance to prove the last of which we have no liopo or expectation. SLANDERS UPON THE CLERGY! Tho Statesman and its echoes ate much in the habit of speaking in disrespectful and slanderous terms of ministers of the gospel, who aro bespat tered with the filth in which theso disciples of "equal W rights, (1-anny and Nlas) have a peculiar propensity to wallow. General allegations are thrown out, that they havo participated in "hard cider orgies" and "coon-skin revelries," have stooped from their high callings to mingle in politics, and havo stepped nsido from their up prnpriutc spheres to intcrmeddlo with concerns in which they had no interest. I his sort of sung ivhaniring is as disgraceful as wo presume it to be falso. It originates in that spirit of hostility to religion itself, which so often attempts to chock its influence and oppose its precepts by resorting to unfounded attacks upon its teachers and followers. It is the same spirit of "frce-thiukiiiff " which has resisted the pnssngo of tho bill to protect cauip-nieotings, so long, in the Senate, and which still threatens to deleat it altogether. This disposition to brow-beat and villify the clergy is not confined lo the I.ocol'oco newspapers, but has spread to the partizans of tho late Administration in the Legislature. In a debato which arose in tho House on Friday, on tho resolution to print extra copies of tho Report on Common Schools, tho speakers for the minority indulged in a good deal of this sort of crimination. Mr. liroiigh asked "how could ministers of the gospel beconio partizans descend into the arena of politics and dabble their sacred robes in the filth and fulsomcness of parly strife How could they attend the coon-skin and hard cider de baucheries ot the late season, iie., Sic. Mr ...... ...,c ruaii, otu., m. ir. McAnncly went still further, if it wore possible, and exhibited more coarseness and ribaldry than his file-leader. He is reported in the Statesman as using the following language: "Mr. McAnem.y had been diverted, if not disgusted, at the efforts made by certain gentlemen, Messrs. Perkins, Young and Griswold, lo draw a parallel between the course of the prieaihnod in the late electioneering struggle, and the Ministers of the Gospel, of the revolution. The means then employed, by these good men, (said Mr. McA.) were none other than sol-en,n prayers to Almighty Uud ; while ths means used by ths degenerate priests of this day, to effect revolutions, sre sucking hard cider, and feasting their eyes upon coon-skins and skunk-skins. The means used by the one were moral, while those used by the other were brutal ; and this was the difference." 13 This is absolutely disgraceful. We are sure the good sense of the community will frown down every effort of this character to villify and throw contempt upon the ministers of religion, as alike unfounded and unwarrantable. It docs not come within the line of honorable party warfare, and they who are guilty of such unmanly assaults ud-on n sacred profession, show as much cowardice as vulgarity. EXHIBITION OF THE BLIND. There was an interesting exhibition of the pupils of tho Institution for the Blind, in the hall of the House of Representatives, on Friday evo-ning, in the presence of a large assembly of members of the Legislature, strangers and citizens. We were not present during the fore part of the evening, but witnessed some of the examinations in music and geography, at a later hour, which showed a gratilying degree of proficiency on the part of the inmates of this noble charity. The pupils have formed a band of instrumental performers, and a choir of singers, and both played and sung a variety of pieces with surprising skill and ell'ect. A number of articles of the manufacture of the Institute, such as shoes, baskets, a'ld triokcts of diiferent sorts, were exhibited, which evinced much ingenuity. One of the boys, a lad of eight or ten years of age, read the Testament, (of course, in the raised characters, in which the blind uro taught,) with as much case and fluency as though ho hnd always enjoyed the possession of tho sense of sight. Wo aro suro that every person present must havo fell touched by the spectacle, and at tho same tiino gratified with the evidenco that tho benevolent provisions of the State had been made the means of alleviating one of the most torriblo afflictions that can befal tho human race. CO M M V NIC ATI O N H. To the Editor of the Stale Journal i Sir : I request you to republish In the "Journal," the communication from myself, which appeared in lha "Statesman" of ths 1st March, with such corrections as ars noted in the margin of Ilia copy here- ith handed you. I take this opportunity to say, (in reference lo cer tain editorial remarks on the subject in the Statesman,) thai the statements of what Mr. Hatch said in conversation with a citizen of Ilnrmar and a citizen of Marietta, are sustained by letters from those gentle men now in my possession, from which the extracts in my piece, appearing as such, were made; and that the character snd good standing of each, for integrity and veracity, ars not exceeded by those of any gentlemen in ths State. AKIUS IN YE. March 3, 1811. To the Publishers of the " Ohio Statesman" Your paper of the lOlh instant contains an article headed "Mr. Nye Bank Commissioners' Office, Feb. 9th, 1811" and sinned "Win. 8. Hatch, Bank Commissioner;" in which Mr. Hatch refers to a remark of mine, ss reported in the Stale Journal, lo the effect "that a certain member of the late Hoard of Uank Commissioners had, in his town, (Marietta,) last summer, admitted that ths Uank Commissioner ait had had a mischievous effect," ke, complains that having been called upon by ths Commissioner referred to, 1 had either neglected or refused to correct my remarks as published; and concluded in these terms: "Il has become necessary for me to slate to ths public, thai Inert ti fin truth whatever in the remarks or antrliont of Mr, Aye upon the subject.." That your readers may see whether there is any "truth whatever" in my "remarks or assertions upon the suliject," or whether llie assertion of Mr. "Hank Commissioner" Hatch is not, substantially, a denial of the truth, I ask you, as an act of the plainest justice lo publish in your paper the following statement, which 1 should have msde sooner had ths slate of my health and engagements permitted. I premise, firstly, t pari of Ihe correspondence between Mr. Hatch snd myself on the subject. On the 4ih instant Mr. Hatch sent mo a nole, in which, after referring to lha report in the Slate Jour nal, of some romsrks or nuns In Ihe discussion or a question on the bank bill in ths House, snd quoting therelrom the remark above cited and complained of by him, he says: "My ohjecl in addressing this note lo you is, 1st, lo ascertain whether your remarks have been correctly repotted; 3d, if such bs the case, lo inquire of you whether, in making them, you alluded lo ine; 3d, in onse ynu did so, lu deny Ihe truth of them, and state thai they are unbounded In Tact; call, ing upon you at Ihe same time lo cause such correC' lions lo be made through the columns of llin same paper wherein Ihey are published, as ths matter ev. denlly requires." To which note I, on ths Slh, re turned ths following reply: " Columbus, Feb, Slh, 1811. " W. S. Hatch Esq Sir: I havo received your note of ths 4ih instant, " Ths sketch of my remarks, as published in lha "Journal, lo which you reler, does nut give, nor profess to givs, Ihe exact words employed by me, (eX' cepl in one particular, to which you do not lake el ception;) but ths substance, lh sum of llieni: in Mai, as to lo Ihe part to which you lake exeepiion, il is substantially correct. 1 did allude to you, though I did not use your name. As no wrong is imputed loyou I do o..l see why you should lake exception: ynni two Isle reporis amount, in effect, to so admission of whal 1 stan d yog had said: I did nut profess or pretend lo give the words used bv Tou in respect lo the operation of Ilia Uank Commissioner act, (law I r.snnol call it it,) upon the banks; in compelling or requiring the pay ment or specie under the circumstances in winch Ihey were placed; I gave only what I understood lo be lha sum of them. 'Jncrcin muy have misunderstood my informants: or Ihey may lime misunderstood you; but 1 was not, at ths time you was in Malleus, and al ter, without information of remarks made by ynu un the subject; and which 1 understood lo ..mount to what 1 stilled. 1 think 1 was not mistaken in my Inturmr lion, substantially, When, however, 1 shall ascertained, if I shall be, thai I was In error In any res peel, I shall be resdy lo correct lueh error. Your si Union lu "the Sisiesmsn" was given nearly in your own words, though s lulls snltcned. Your obsdienl serv'l. ARIL'S NYE." A day or two after I received another note from Mr. Hatch; in which hs said that Ihs reply In his flrsl was not "satisfactory" lohiin. I did not think il necessary lo Ink any notice of it. The evening, I think, after Mr. Hatch had lell this rlty, his silicic, above referred to, appeared in " Ihe nialesman, with all the formal tv of an official annnouncemenl flo give it the grav wfyind weight, 1 supposo, Which otherwise, It mlgiu I not have possessed) from tht " Bjuik Commission ity snd weight, I supposo, which otherwise, Il might ers' Office "I as if the assumedly official denial of a fact would make it any ths less true. 1 acknowledge the highest obligations to truth on II occasions: I obey a higher law, in that regard, than e opinions of men: Ihe complaints or the restiveness ' Mr. "Uank Commissioner" Hatch could neither ild to nor diminish my sense of duty to its demand: is my purpose and my wont lo do justice lo all per- nns, as far as. I am able; and lo extend to and recip rocate couriesy with all whose conduct snd character, according to tho acknowledged laws of social life and duty, place or retain them within its pale. 1 wish and purpose to do juitice, in these respects to Mr, W. S. naicn. To the facts then. The first knowledge I had of r. II. 'a being in Marietta, last summer, (when he came to inspect the Bank of Marietta,) was derived lorn a gentleman ot Pittsburgh, who called at my (lice on business, and who in a convsrsaiion on Ihe slate of money affairs in Ohio, staled also a conversa tion with Mr. Hatch at the tavern, or observations mads by Ihe latter in his hearing, there, upon the comliiion of the Ohio Danks, under the circumstances which they were placed, and the operations of the auk Commissioner act; and who, upon my intima ting some surprise, that declarations and admissions uch as he stated to have been made, should eome from that quarter, summed up the impression thereby, as he said, made upon his mind by saying " 1 believe from what he (Mr. II.) said, thai, if he hail the power wouia repeal lite law meaning ths Uank uom- issioner act. Again: Mr. Hatch had, with another gentleman of armar, of high personal standing and unquestion able veracity, a conversation upon Ihe same "subject," whose recollections of which 1 here give in his own ords: "1 had some conversation with Air. Hatch, in is place ( Mannar,) last spring, or summer, (I do not recollect exactly the lime, but it was when be was hers on his annual visit of anamination at the nnk of Marietta,) in regard to Ihe banks. .Shortly 'fore this time, en estimate had been paid out on the Muskingum River Improvement, chiefly in notes of Ihe Commercial Uank of Cincinnati. Mr. Hatch informed me thai this bank had taken $200,000 of ihe osn, then recently negotiated by Ihs Stale in Phila- Iphia lunds, at 2 per cent, premium, lo nytn- uiry how the bank could pay such a premium for Philadelphia funds and pay specie fur its notes, Mr. Hatch replied, that the bank had suspended specie payments, and that hs had given it (ihe Commercial Dank,) and, as i understood, the other Cincinnati tanks, lo understand that it Ihey would pay such pecie for their notes as was needed for change, and actual business purposes, and reuse the brukers and speculators, and those who were exporting specie to other Stales, he would not proceed against llitm as Bank ommissioner." tin went on further to remark, thai e situation of our Ohio banks was an unfortunals ons ; and that ths elleot of their continuing to pay specie, while Pennsylvania had legalized a suspension until Ihs 15th of January, and the other Slates were in a state of suspension, was lo drain the specie from our own Slate for ths benefit of other Stales which were In a slate of suspension. To my remark that I was sick and tired of ihe so called "Hank Reform," and that I believed it was, on Ihs part of lha leaders, intended merely for effect that il was all umhuggery, Mr. Hatch said, jocosely, that "he had told Medary last winter, that if he were deprived of Ihe use of three woids, hs thought he (Medary,) would bs obliged to stop Ihe publication of the States man." The words, Mr. Hatch said, were, "bloated ANK AR18T0CRACV." Moreover, Mr. Hatch, about the same time, had a eon' versalion with another gentleman of Marietta, in thai town, also of high standing and character, who says "rrom Ihs conversstion I had with Air. Hatch, list summer, I received Ihe impression, clearly, that he did nut approve all the doinga of ths Legislature of nst winter and the winter before, in regard to Ihe anks. I recollect that hs said, if the banks complied 'ullv with the laws thru would suffer severelu. and the State would thereby be greatly injured, and that the Hank of Marietta ought not to pay specie to go out of me mate i snd that wa should pay lo our citizens only mall sums for change. 1 recollect thai hs talked very much like a sensible man on the subject, and that his opinion and mine did not differ very much ; nd my opinion was, and is, that mora was done for effect than for public good. I hese conversations, were, I am intormed by Ihe gentleman referred to, and with whom ihey were had, ralher private, though not confidential : 1 should mil Kublish thfstateinenta of ihsm here, had not Mr. Hatch imself imposed upon me the necessity of doing so, by volunteering a denial of what is the evident meaning and clear result of what hs said ; and thereby rendering it necessary for me to give ihs truth on "ihs ubject," II ii I there is no occasion for any fastidious. ess In the matter l no wrong, I repeat, was in the remarks made by me, imputed to Mr. Hatch; unless Ihe statement of an admission by him of Ihe truth was an imputation of wrong .' For who, now, with the facta of ths two past years staring hitn in Ihs facs, and who has sny acquaintance with Ihe history of our currency, and of buWic sentiment oil the subject, real ly doubts " that ths Bank Commissioner act had had mischievous and Injurious rllectl" It any one oes so doubt, let Mr. " Bank Commissioner" Hatch resolve his doubts. In whal is called Ihe " second annual report of Ihs Bank Commissionsrs of Ohio. dated Dee. SO, 1840, signed "Win. S. Hatch, Khar W. Hubbard," Ac, there are, among other sayings, the following: "One of ths difficulties, snd perhaps the principal ons, wilh which the Ohio Banks have had to contend In maintaining specie payments, arises from Ihs general suspension of banks in Ihs adjoining Slates, and in fact lha entire weal. The central position of our Stale, the facilities which ths Lskes and Ihe Ohio river sfford to business men lo tramport spe cie to distant piinls, and the fact that many of the banks eonlinued and still oontinue to redeem Iheir notes n gold and silver, Afire rendered Ohio the common plunder ground fur those who were purchasing specie, . .-t.: II....: . i .1 . i'. ...... l-L. .-I u, man nig cuiiruumio in uia wraieiil .iinira. tin iur lectors fur eastern merchants, and a class of men, who may bs denominated dealers in currency would exchange lha irredeemable paper of oilier Slates, for the notes of specie-paying bsnks In this, farced, It might have been said, by ths legislation of the two preceding sessions to continue Ihs payment of specie, lo be thus exported from Ihs Slate,! which created a constant demand for specie, or eastern exchange, at such rales as would bs equivalent to It. ith the exeepiion of Ohio, the banks west and south of New York have been in a slate of auspenston fur Ihe last fourteen months, 'this fatal policy, of thus, il might nave neen said, making "umo ine common piunuer ground" by our own destructive lcgislstion, com mencing in I'll il d a. . created a general panic at Ihe west," ke. " We are assured that Ihe banks of oilier States, while refusing to redeem their own notes In gold and silver, hare not only Indirectly, but direct' ly drawn specie from the hanks of this Sltta, refusing at ths same lime to receive their own Holes In ex change I" What, I ask, compelled lha banks In submit thus. in ihs language of lha " Bank Commissioners," lo he the common pluruler around, but that ver "Bank ('ommissioner art," which these "commis sioners," in Ihs very face of its requisitions, deemed il necessary and consistent with their duly to suspend! r urihermore, these same gentlemen, In Iheir " special report" to the Senate, Jan. .1, 1811, refer to their former report, quoted above, for their reasons, iliey hsd not proceeded, under thai act, sgainst iliose Banks which, as they say, had suspended. So we aes ihe " Uank Commissioners suspending (very properly ths provisions or operation ol the very le glslsiion which created their body, and enjoined among other things, ths enforcement of specie pay menta under eireumslncces, thus Imposed, which mad Ohio and the Ohio banks "Ihe common pluml ground" of others; and diieiltd them and the people Vhinot the only Instrument of self-defence ur prute lion against this lawful plunder!" Verily, if M " Bank Commissioner" Hatch hsd not acted thus dis- erectly lo slou (Ae effects of Ihe "Hank Commission' er act," and written Inns "officially," hluntly a plainly on " Ihe subject," it might have been sai l, a oertatn French minister ones (many years since wrot of an Amsiican bscrstai " that he had a language official and a language connaentiai." ARHIS NYE. Neil House, Feb. 20. House or Representatives, Saturday morning, March 6. To the Editor of Ihe Ohio State Journal r Sin I discover that your Reporter has put lha fol- owing language into my mouth, us having been ut tered in debate yeelerdny ; "Mr. liroiigh replied at some length. He said that the miniiters of the gospel hud, during the lale political comcti, acuenaea from laeir stations ana become political parluant. They had left the sacred desk and polluted icir ruliti in Ihe sty of politicalfilth and corruption." Now, sir, your reporter has committed a palpable error in this manor, to say the least of it, and has done me cross injustice, which 1 auk you lo correct. l understood Messrs. 1'erkins and Young, both, stincily lo admit, that many preachers had gone initio late political contest, and exerted their influence and talents, which they justified, and contended that in so doing, they had not neglected Iheir flocks. PJIn reply to those gentlemen, I expressly said, that ineir admissions related, juttly, to but a portion ol Ihe ministry. I conceded Ihe riA( of ministers lo act pout. cully with as much freedom as other citizens; but I contended that il was morally impossible thev could have acted as political parlizans, or, as your eporier lias it, "lell tne sacred desk, and polluted isir robes in the slva of political filth and cor run- on," without neglecting their flocks, and encounter ing prejudices ami ill-feelings destructive to their in- ueuce as preachers or the Uospel. I his was the ubstance of the remarks I made upon the matter; and by the way, although Ihey were a very small por tion oi a speecn or some lengin, mat small portion is il your Kuporter has thought proper to notice, and as noticed it (so It would seem,) only to place me i a wrong position. Finding my recollection of the mailer corroborated by several members, I have Ihe more confidence in asking lbs publication of Ibis note. Kespecifully, etc. C. H. BROUGH. Naturalization and the Right of Suffrage. A case as been recently decided in the Supreme Court of II-noia involving the right of foreigners lo vols without being naturalized. The case came up by appeal from one of tho inferior courts of the State, and il waa decided that such right does exist in Illinois. Three of the Judges, however, concurred in this decision only to lar as ins siatutes or the Mats were concerned, without expressing an opinion upon the question as it would stand under lha Constitution of the United States. The other Judgs went to Ihe whole length of e principle. The result of the decision was, 111 it e judgment of the lower Court wss reversed. Our readers will recollect that the constitutional question involved in this subject gave rise to some discussion, incidentally, not long since, between Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, and Mr. Wright, of New York, in tne senate ol the United Mates. 1 he following extract from Mr. Clav's remarks on that occasion comes in appropriately here. Il ex presses, ws helleve, what will bs generally admitted ss Ihe true constitutional view of the point in question:"Before, however, I proceed to examine lis provi sions, allow me in passing, to notics a most novel and surprising doelrine, advanced yesterday by the Senator from New York, Mr. Wrighl; not thai I purpose lo discuss, at this lime, ihe position he assumed, but thai I may hers enter my public protest sgainst it, Isst, should I remain silenl, it might be thought by any thai I yield my assent lo il. The Senator's posi tion Is, mat It la competent to a Mate, under Ihs Constitution, to admit an unnaturalized foreigner lo vols in our elections. 1 wage no war egdin-il foreigners. respect them when their character entitles them to respect. I well know, especially, the value of ths German yeomanry a better set of husbandmen does not exist on Ihe face of Iheesrth honest, industrious. economical, admirable Judges of Ihe soil, ihs best judges of land in all the country, devotedly attached to their lainiltes that is the character of our t.eiman population, as I have become acquainted with it in my own immediate neighborhood. I will not now slop lo speak of Ihe character of ths gallant Irish, whose virtues, and I will add, Whose defects of character (ihs virtues far overbalancing the defects,) are so well known throughout the world. I am not ihe enemy of foreigners; but the opinion expressed by the honorable Senator from New York is ons of immense practical importance ; for, if 1 am not greatly misinformed, President Van Uuren owos the vols of ons Stats of this confederacy, I mean Ihs Slats of Illinois, lo lha fact of unnaturalized foreigners voting in our late elec tion, and casting their votes for him. I will not, however, emsr on thai subject, and I have adverted In il now, merely lhat no conclusion may be drawn from my silencs that I approve or tolerate the doctrine advanced by the Senator from New lots. I here publicly expresa an opinion decidedly opposite. 1 think thai Ihe exercise of ihe cicelies franchise always implieselireruAin, though citizenship docs not Imply ths right lo the exercise or ihe elective franchise. I hold that a voter, whose voice may affect or change ths entire policy of Ihs country, may alter or subvert Ihs Constitution and laws of ihecnun- ry, is a component pari of ihs political power of ths country. I hold lhat Ihs power over the subject of naturalisation haa been confided by the Constitution, exclusively, to ths (ieneral (iovernmenl, and lhat no Slate can constitutionally exercisa that power, and lhat, therefore, no Stale can Confer those privileges snd immunities, or grant those rights which proceed from naturalization. This is my opinion, and I ad vance it here merely as a counter-pnijcl to thai expressed by ths Senator from New York. When a foreigner haa ones been naturalized, 1 regard him as a brothit, ss a memoer ol our political community, and as entitled, with some few constitutional exceptions, lo all Ihe right of native born citizens, and lo ths pro lection and defence of Ihs country," From tlia Lsilnglos Otweiver snd Reporter. ty We would direct the sllemion of Medical men and of Editors, lo the advertisement of ihe Hoard of Trustees of 1 ranaylvania University, contained in our present number. The plan adopted by Ihe Chairman, lo acquire information, haa been approved by experi ence in Kngland, as Well as in this country, and sp- pears iu ui peculiarly inruTauin iu inn niiiiiiiuuni or Ihe object desired, viz: lhat of supplying Ihe vacancy in our flourishing Medical school, with the highest order of Medical laleuia in Ihs country. t- Ll .1 ..A. ADVERTISEMENT. TO TUB MKnil'AI, rtlDI.IC. Til K Chair nl His Tliroty ami I'r .rUrs of Mealrlne In His Mftlkcsl Ife-parlnirnt nt llie Trsn.) Irsnla I'nli ersllr. Is it prnt vnrant, sail Willi s flew In AM tl In tlio tvst hm.iIIs manner, sh pltraitnns mr llie aptmliiimfnl sre Invites from lite memliers of Hit Mt-dkal pniah,n Tne runinitiittrattiiits on Ilia suiarrl must lio siIiummiI to the flfSN at Ik .V'sVsl farnll 7VHilli-iii ViirtrMtt. alnt emit 10 lisnil hslnre tlte 1st or June itril, wlien the aiilti. ntrnl wttl he mile. 'rite nsint or nouns t.nt ilio stirrl'ull can-dulal will bo md pnhlie. M. U. Jltll.NXOM, Cq.r Br4 Trmltte ressiyteosio ItNirsrsils. From tho rttntirtei.vitls HerSi1. 7WruAi'D Eltctions.ll appears obvious, that the Lokies are about making a dash al the Democracy, at Ihe coming spring elections, wherever Ihey think Ihey may have a chance of success or find Ihe Democracy sleeping. They warn lo carry a few townships in this way, and then ruiss s noise about reactions in Iheir favor. Ws have allwaya been opposed to carrying politics into our township elections but if the Federalists will hsvs il so, they must be met. Ws do not see any thing that has occurred, of late days, lo csuss Ihe people to fall in line wilh ihuie whom they have deliberately rejected from Iheir councils snd Iheir confidence, or wilh IS) cents s day for laher and ID cents a bushel for wheal, larga standing armies in lims of pesce, and the like, I,t ihs Democracy bs ice (many years since,) on the alert, Ouo drubbing will not satisfy Ihs Fed-ry of Stats, of lhat day statists. S OHIO LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Satusdat, March 7, 1841, The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Petitions were presented by Messrs. Henderson sod Hunt, and referred. Mr. Scott reported back the bill to lay out a Stale road in Madison, Fayette and Pickaway coumies, and recommended its indefinite postponement; which was agreed to. Mr. Thomas mads a report on Ihs petitions in relation to certain lands belonging lo the Miami University, and recommended the indefinite postponement of the subject; which was agreed to, and Ihe report laid on Ihe table in order lo be primed. Mr. Spangler, from the committee on Finance, reported back the bill to regulate Ihe fees of presiding Associate Judges in the county of Cuyahoga, with sundry amendments; and after some remarks, Mr. Lord moved lo recommit Ihs bill to a select committee of one. Mr. Spangler opposed ths motion to recommit, and Mr. Bissel oalled for the yeas and nays on the question; snd Ihe bill was reoommitled yeas 15, naya 14. Mr. Hough, from Ihs committee on Schools and School Lands, reported back ihe bill to authorize Ihe sale of school section 1G, in Washington township, Maiiun county, with one amendment; and the bill was ordered lo a third reading. Mr. Bissel, from the committee on the Judicisry, made sn unfavorable report on certain petitions for Ihe passage of a law in relation to pedlars; and lha committee was discharged from ths further consideration of the subject. The bill providing for Ihe relief of Stephen D. Cutler and others, was read a Ihird time, nod lite bill was recommitted to Ihe committee on Roads and Highways, Also, ihs bill to incorporate the town of r letcher, in the couniy of Miami; passed. Also, ihs hill to incorporate Ihe Lower Sandusky Literary and Scientific institute. Also, Ihe hill In amend the several acts incorporating Mutual Fire Insurance Com panies. A resolution wss received from Ihs House, providing for Ihe settlement of ths claims of Rufus Bixby, fur work dune on iho national road. Mr. Spangler objected lo the resolution. Mr. Green moved its recommitment to the eommit-ment on Claims, After some remarks, Mr. Spangler moved to postpone Ihe resolution indefinitely, Some further conrersaiion took place between Messrs. Green, Spangler and Thomas; and Ihe resolution was recommitted to ihe committee on Claims. Mr. Thomas offered a resolution requiring the committee on Finance lo report what further legislation is necessary on the claims of Thomas VVorlhinglon. Mr. Harris moved to lake up ihe report in relation lo the couniy of Kendall; and the subject was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Taylor offered s resolution directing the Judiciary commutes to bring in a hill to provide against Ihe collection of debts during Ihs suspension of specie payments by llie banks; and the yeas and nays being ordered, were yeas 11, naya 18; so the resolution was lost. On motion of Mr. Goodin, the Senals resolved itself into committee of Ihs whole, Mr. Carpenter in Ihe chair, and considered a number of private bills, which were reported back, and recommitted lo appropriate committees. Tin) Senate look up the report of ths Judiciary committee, recommending the indefinite postponement of ihe bill to repeal ihe act of incorporation of Ihe Theological Seminary of the Proteslaul Episcopal Church of Ihe Sta'eof Ohio. Mr. Leonard addressed the Senate in favor of the repeal of the law, and was followed by Messrs. Spangler, Green, Crnwell, Taylor, Uisael, and Haseliine; after w hich, ihe question was put on Ihe indefinite postponement of the bill, and was lost, yeas 13, nays 18. The question then being on ordering the bill to a third reading, Mr, Spangler moved lo postpone the bill to the first Monday in December next, Mr. Leonard objected, and addressed the Senals against Ihs motion. The yeas and nays were llien called on Mr. Span-gler'a motion to postpone, and the motion wss lost, yeas 15, nays 15. Ths bill was then ordered to a third reading, which wss carried yeas 17. naya 13. On motion of Mr. Goodin, ths Senate again lesul-ved Itself into committee of Ihe whole, and considered sundry bills, among which was Ihs bill In provide fur the Publio Priming; and Ihs sains having been read, Mr. Goodin moved an amendment to ihe bill, which was agreed to, providing lhat it should take effect in 1813. Mr. Hough moved lo strike out Ihs first section of Ihe hill. Before lha question waa taken, Mr. Leonard addressed Ihe Senate in approval of a euggeaiinn made by Mr. Spangler, that the Slats printing might be performed in the Penitentiary. I here waa one practical printer there now, and there were many more who ought, and would probably bs there. Ths Senate was further sddressed by Messrs. Root, Waddle and Haaelline, and ths question was then pni on striking out Ihe first section, and Ihe motion to strike out waa lost. Mr. Haaelline offered an amendment lo the bill, and Mr. Leonard again addressed Ihe Senate in favor of having ths State Prison brought in competition for the State printing. Mr. Henderson having offered to amend the amend ment of Mr. Haaelline, addressed Ihe Senate against Ihe proposition lo make lbs Penitentiary a competitor lor the work, and spoke or Ihe Injurious effects al. resdy felt by lbs mechanics of lbs Stale in conse. quence of ihe labor performed by lhat institution. Mr. Hough was a practical mechanic, and was opposed lo the proposition made by Mr. Leonard. Mr. Spangler addressed the Senate in defence of employing the prisoners in mechanical labor. It was a mere humbug lo say thai Ihe mechanics in the Stale wore injured by Ihe labor ol the convicts. Mr. Henderson ssid, il was not all humbug, as the gentleman Irom rairheld hsd represented, snd stated Ihe various mechanical trades carried on in that inst). tutinn. Mr. II. instanced Ihs depressed slate of cer tain mechanical occupatmna in Ihs city of Columbus, in consequenne of Ihe competition of the Stale Prison. He relerred to Ihe report ol the .Siiierinlentlant of lhat iuaiituiion, and read from that document, ae signed by nsmuel hpangler and others, and snowed Ihey admit' led lhat the employment of ihe eonvtcis did, lo a cer tain degree, Interfere with the free labor of mechauios. Mr. Spangler replied iu defenns of the report, snd In lavor o' ihe coii'icts in the I'eniteniiary being en gaged in mechanical employments. He thought ihe complaints lhat had been mads were without founds lion On motion of Mr. Goodin, the Senate then rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sil again on Ihs bill in relation lo the aisle Printing. 1 he Senate took a recess. 3 o'clock, P. M. The Senate again met A resolution was received from Ihe House, tirovid ing for ihe aHjournineiil of the General Assembly on lbs S'.llh of March. Mr. Hough moved to amend Ihs resolution by strik ing out Ihe ii'.llh," and inserting " ihe iid." Mr. Snanuler called fur a division of the question and Ihs yeas and naya wen then called upon striking out, and carried, yeas 111, naya IJ. The question recurring on filling lha blank wilh " 83d," and Ihs amendment was disagreed lo yeas 14, nays 15. Mr. Thomas moved lo nostpons Ihe resolution In definitely; which was decided in ths affirmative yeas 10, nays 1 J, Mr. Carpenter Introduced a bill providing for th sale of real estate. &0. Mr. Dissul introduced a bill further prescribing lb duties of Secretary of Slats snd Governor. Mr. Taylor offered a resolution providing for th ln corporation of sll laws of Ihe present General Assembly, In Ihs volumes of the Revised Statutes, al present in progress of printing. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee. On motion of Mr. Hough, the Senate took up ths resolution calling upon Ihe Board of Public works for certain information in relation to names and number of ths Engineers, tie. The resolution was indefinitely postponed yeaa 19, naya 11. .. . , ' The Senate took up the resolution directing the Stale Librarian lo report Ihe number of acts of incorporation paased since Ihe establishment of the Slate Government, and fur what purpose, &o.; and On motion, the resolution was again laid upon ths table. The Senate Ihen took up and disposed of aundry resolutions and reports, not of general internal. On motion of Mr. Spangler, Ihe Senate resolved itself into committee tit Ihe whole, Mr. Shannon in the chair, and considered certain bills, which were reported back, Bud recommitted. The Senate again in committee of the whole, Mr. Uisael in the chair, look up Ihe bill lo provide for Ihs Publio Printing. The Chair slated ths question to be on ths amendment offered by Mr. Haaelline, providing thai the printing should be done by " free while male citizens 1" Mr. Haseltine addressed the Senate, and was followed by Mr. Carpenter against the introduction of ihe word "while," which he oonsidered could only have been introduced for the purpose of insulting three thousand blacks in ihe Siale of Ohio. Mr. Haseltine rejoined iu explanation of his amendment, and in reply to some remarks mads by Mr. Carpenter personal lo himself. The committee then rose and made report, and Mr, Taylor moved to postpone the bill indefinitely. Mr. Green called fur the yeaa and nays, and the bill waa indefinitely postponed yeaa 17, nays 13. Mr. Thomas, from the Judiciary committee, report-ed bock the bill in relation to Ihe Muskingum improvement; and, on motion of Mr. Henderson, ihe bill was laid on Ihe table. Mr. Thomas, from Ihe Judiciary committee, snd Mr. Sill, from the committee on Rail Roads, reported bsck bills, the latter a bill fur the relief of Stephen 11. Cut-ler, and others; which was laid on the table. Mr. Taylor gave notice that he wonld on Monday,, or some subsequent day. introduce a bill to suspend ths laws for Ihe collection of debts, during the suspension of specie payments by the Banks. Mr. t nomas innvea t lake up the bill to prevent minoral practices; which waa lost yeas 7, nays 23. Un motion of Mr. I ay I or, Ihe Senate look up llie solution calling upon ihe Guvernur for an authenti cated copy of his Inaugural Address. Mr. Crowell moved the Indefinite postponement of e resolution, which was agreed lo yeas 18, nays thi 10. Mr. Carpenter reported back the bill to appoint trustees of Ihe Miami University, wilh sn amendment, which was agreed lo. Mr, Haseltine moved further lo amend the hill bv liking out the name of John Woods, because, as he id, Mr. Woods was an abolitionist, and inserting e name of Charles K.Smith. Oil this motion, the Senate was addressed bv Messrs. Carpenter, Haseltine, Taylor and Leonard: snd a division of the question being called for, the rtennie agreed to strike out, yeas lrt, nays 10. 1 ne question ihen turning on tilling Ihe blank with Ihe name of Charles K. Smith, il was agreed lo, yeaa 18, nays 10; and the bill was ordered to a third reading. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. STUKDv, March 6, 1811. Ths House met pursuant to adjournment. Petitions, ic. presented. Bv Messrs. Morris and Griswold. Reports of Select Committed. Mr. Marsh reported adversely lo Ihe petition of Alexa-ider Long, of Carroll county, for an slleralion of certain school districts, and the subject was posipoued until ihs first Monday ill I'ecemner next, Mr. Welch offered the following resolution: Risolad bv the Senate and House of Representatives. That both branches of this General Assembly will ad journ, sine die, on Monday, the 33d day of Maroh- 1841. A debate of an hour or two arose on this motion. which we are obliged lo defer. The resolution was mended hy inserting Ihe 29 1 h instead of ihs day above mentioned, h. n il waa finally adopted. Alter some tune apenl In considering bills, which Were referred, lb House then adjourned. 3 o'ciVA-, P. M. The House again met, The bill lo ineorporale the Enon Baptist Church of Cincinnati was taken up, and ihe amendments of Ihs Senate were amended, un motion of Mr. Reeves, and igreed lo as amended. Hills considered in committee of the whole House Bills A hill to incorporate the Trustees of the Pres byterian Church and Congregation of Ulics, Licking county: engrossed. A hill lo change ihe names of undry Individuals called Sheet,, lo Morion: enurnss- ed. A bill lo make special appropriation of Ihe Ihre per cent, lund in r rsnltlm coun y .- engrossed. A bill to amend Ihe acl droning ih dalles ol persona taking up strays, water crafts, &u. iia. : engrossed. A bill to amend ihe act lo incorpnra lha Eaat Fork Road and Bridge Company, in Clermont county: engrossed. A mil to repeat ine several aels Incorporating the town of Chardon, Geauga county : engrossed. A bill lo incorporate the Ohio Coke and Iron Manufacturing Company : engrossed. A bill to incorporate Ihe Utirliugton Academy, in Lawrence county: engrossed. A bill lo incorporate the First Preebyteriso Church of Reynoldahurgh, Franklin courtly : engrossed. A bill to lay out and establish a ended Stale road in the counties of Muskingum and Morgan : engrossed. A bill lo incorporate the town ol Lockburn, franklin county: engrossed. A bill to ineornorsls ihe Mt. Pleasant Silk Company: engrossed. A bill lo amend ihs acl for the inepaciiuuof Sail: engrossed. A bill to ineorporale the Wardens and Veatrymen of Si. Mark's Church, in Sidney, Shelby count-: engrossed. A bill lo chang ths name of John E vans: engrossed A bill lo incorporate Ihe town of Vienna, Clinton county: engrossed. A bill lo amend the sat regulating judgments and executions: engrossed. A hill lo esiahliah a Suie road heretofore laid out in Monro and Guernsey coumies: engrossed. Senate Hills A bill In amend the act providing for the appointment of Board of Bank Coiuniissioiiers, nd lor the regulation ol Ihe Hanks, pss.od fehruary 35,1839: recommitted. A bill tochange Ihe name of Cynthia R. Parnell. Un motion ol air. I. larks, Ihe ennte nil I to amend the acl providing for the erection of a britlgo over Big Indian Creek, in Clermont county, was taken up, and the question being on ordering ihe same to a Ihird reading, wss lost yeaa 91, nays .1l". Un motion of .Mr. miss, the bill for the rebel of Wnis Hamilton ws liken up. The object nf this bill is lo enahle Mr. Hamilton I practise law. He has been a eiliien of Canada, and now resides in Cleveland, hill lina not been a resident ot lha United Slates a sufficient length or lime lo be naturalized Mr. Jenkinv move! lb Indefinite postponement of the bill. Mr. Vincent opposed toe mutton in a speech of some length; when Ihe motion to postpone prevailed yeas SI, nays 13. Un motion ot Air. Weaver, tno oiu to Incorporate ihe town of Western Star, Summit county, was taken up and passed. A message was received from the Senate, elating that lhat body insisted on its amendment lo the bill to incnrporai the town of Western Siar, Summit co. The House receded from iheir disagreement. Mr. Worlhingloii Baked leave of absence fur Ih remainder of the session for Mr. Carothers, uf Fayette county; which was grsnled, Th House adjourned. . . n M.UtKI '.!, In lids clir, on ttts 4th but., by Tlios. Wood, Mr. las Baiaca lo Hies auua lUut.